Thinking the unthinkable: tracing language back 15,000 years
Just about everyone has a personal stake in language, and many people — expert and amateur — feel entitled to an opinion.
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School notices: North Allegheny senior travelin ot England for Linguistics Olympiad
By Tribune-Review Richard (Tommy) McCoy, a senior at North Allegheny Senior High School, will represent the United States as a member of the second ...
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Semantic Web Jobs: Basis Technology
Basis Technology is looking for a Natural Language Processing Architect in Cambridge, MA. The post states, “Are you a hands-on natural language ...
Emotional tributes as Achebe lies in state in his home state
The Anambra governor said he had received condolences from 12 presidents on late Achebe. The remains of novelist and poet, Chinua Achebe, arrived ...
Thinknowlogy 2013 (release 1)
Thinknowlogy is grammar-based software designed to utilize the logic contained within grammar in order to create intelligence through a natural ...
AUDIO: US 'now using British-isms'
Which British words are now commonly used by Americans? Professor Ben Yagoda and Dr Lynne Murphy discuss the use of "British-isms" in ...
The ancient Maya meet the modern Internet
Researchers began decoding the glyphic language of the ancient Maya long ago, but the Internet is helping them finish the job and write the history ...
Harmony students study markets, meerkats in senior projects
This year, 13 students took part in Harmony School's 2013 senior projects, which allowed them to explore experiences locally and throughout the ...
Multifarious devils, part 1: “bogey”
As has often happened in the recent past, this essay is an answer to a letter, but I will not only address the question of our correspondent but also ...
Hodge: Teach Standard English as second language
The Education Ministry should treat the teaching of Standard English at the nation’s schools in a “systematic way” and as a second ...